Markenbinnen

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as marken in 1395-1396. Compound of the plural form of Middle Dutch marc (“boundary, borderland, undivided communal land”) and binnen (“inland”). The element binnen was added to distinguish the settlement from Marken.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Mar‧ken‧bin‧nen

Proper noun edit

Markenbinnen n

A village and former municipality of Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “markenbinnen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN